5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PERSE

PERSE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɜːs//pɝs/

Noun

A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.

Noun

A cloth of this colour.

Adjective

Very dark greyish (almost blackish) purple or blue.

Verb

Obsolete form of pierce.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How PERSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERSE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,957 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL TRAIN SAINT ANILE ALIEN AIDER
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERSE performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,957 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERSE ranks #4,957 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
15
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
40%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
222
172
139
128
125
74
67
57
57
50
49
41
40
35
33
26
22
20
19
18
17
16
16
14
14
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERSE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

21.2% →
TONAL 5.88 bits
9.4% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
5.9% →
ANILE 4.69 bits
5.4% →
ALIEN 5.19 bits
5.3% →
AIDER 3.82 bits
3.1% →
DEALT 4.54 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.62 bits
2.4% →
SHALT 4.44 bits
2.4% →
TRACE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for PERSE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

P3E1R1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.